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[PC1914_0075 Transcribed by Kenneth Dasher September 17, 2010]
Oliver C. Morgan to Bartlette Ward
August the 17 [1863]
Camuel [Campbell] Co Tenisee
Camp Big Creeke
Dear Fother and mother I
seat my selfe this eavning
to drop you afiew loines to
let you knou that I am well
at present hoping when
thease fiew loines reache
you they may find you
all injoying the same like
blessing I can tell you [that]
our comand left Camp
Ebineaser the 14 in wee aire at
big Creeke know I can tell
you that I heard from my
Capt and the rest of the boyes
that was captured they was
at lake Earie on Johnson
island they sayed if they
had alittle [boat] they could
[Transcriber's Note: Oliver C. Morgan served
with the 6th Regiment, NC Cavalry, also known
as the 65th Regiment, NC Troops. The regiment
formed on Aug. 3, 1863 by consolidating 5th
battalion and 7th battalion NC cavalry, often
still referred to by old numbers in records.
Oliver C. Morgan was in Company C.
The regiment was part of Forrest�s Corps.
Brigade headquarters in Ebenezer, Tn. Colonel
John S. Scott led 5th battalion which raided
eastern Kentucky at time of the unit consol-
idation. Rearguard suffered many killed/wounded/
captured between July 27 and 31. A small force
of 15 men made it back to Big Creek Gap on Aug
3, 1863. Capt. Carter W. Gillespie was captured
and confined at Johnson�s Island on Lake Erie
along with many in his command. Gillespie died
of fever there on Sept 9, 1863.
Source: Louis H. Manarin, ed. North Carolina
Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster vol 2 Cavalry
(State Dept of A&H: Raleigh, NC, 1968)
pages 453, 470, 474.]

[PC1914_0075 Transcribed by Kenneth Dasher September 17, 2010]
Oliver C. Morgan to Bartlette Ward
August the 17 [1863]
Camuel [Campbell] Co Tenisee
Camp Big Creeke
Dear Fother and mother I
seat my selfe this eavning
to drop you afiew loines to
let you knou that I am well
at present hoping when
thease fiew loines reache
you they may find you
all injoying the same like
blessing I can tell you [that]
our comand left Camp
Ebineaser the 14 in wee aire at
big Creeke know I can tell
you that I heard from my
Capt and the rest of the boyes
that was captured they was
at lake Earie on Johnson
island they sayed if they
had alittle [boat] they could
[Transcriber's Note: Oliver C. Morgan served
with the 6th Regiment, NC Cavalry, also known
as the 65th Regiment, NC Troops. The regiment
formed on Aug. 3, 1863 by consolidating 5th
battalion and 7th battalion NC cavalry, often
still referred to by old numbers in records.
Oliver C. Morgan was in Company C.
The regiment was part of Forrest�s Corps.
Brigade headquarters in Ebenezer, Tn. Colonel
John S. Scott led 5th battalion which raided
eastern Kentucky at time of the unit consol-
idation. Rearguard suffered many killed/wounded/
captured between July 27 and 31. A small force
of 15 men made it back to Big Creek Gap on Aug
3, 1863. Capt. Carter W. Gillespie was captured
and confined at Johnson�s Island on Lake Erie
along with many in his command. Gillespie died
of fever there on Sept 9, 1863.
Source: Louis H. Manarin, ed. North Carolina
Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster vol 2 Cavalry
(State Dept of A&H: Raleigh, NC, 1968)
pages 453, 470, 474.]